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'''Template:Automatic archive navigator''' provides a convenient banner for the top of archive pages that also helps with navigation. It also suppresses section editing and the new section button on the page by emitting <code><nowiki>__NONEWSECTIONLINK__</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>__NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki></code> into the wikitext.<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
* Demonstration examples can be found at [[Template:Automatic archive navigator/Archive 101|Automatic archive navigator/Archive 101]].<br />
* Live working examples, using this template: [[Talk:2009 swine flu pandemic/Archive 5]] and [[WT:WikiProject College football/Archive 5]]<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
This '''A'''utomatic '''A'''rchive '''N'''avigator template header allows you to navigate through numbered archive pages that are named in the standard "Archive n" format. The header shows the previous 3 and next 3 pages in the archives (only if they exist). The first and last navigable links intelligently search out pages 5 back or ahead and, if they do not exist, show the next nearest.<br />
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'''No parameters are needed''' for this template to work; just place {{tlx|Automatic archive navigator}} near the top of each archive page (or configure as the default [[User:Lowercase sigmabot III/Archive HowTo|archive header]] for your archive bot). It will automatically create a navigation bar. Some ''optional'' parameters are detailed below, if you want to have more control.<br />
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The template relies on all archives from <code>Archive 1</code> to <code>Archive ''n''</code>, to exist consecutively. If there is a gap in numbering, where some archive pages don't exist, the template may not display the links to the higher numbered archives.<br />
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For this template to work, the archives must also be named in standard "Archive n" form. If they are not, move them to the appropriate names first; see [[Wikipedia:Moving a page]] for more information. Alternatively, you can use the {{para|prefix}} parameter to let the module know what prefix it should use.<br />
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=== Optional parameters ===<br />
| 1<br />
:Option to use the navigation bar with no message text (this displays the number [[1|one]], not a lower case letter [[L]]). Example: <code><nowiki>{{Automatic archive navigator|1}}</nowiki></code>.<br />
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| prefix = archive prefix<br />
:Manually specifies the prefix of the archive page. This is useful for archives in a non-standard format. For example, for [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive902]], you would use {{para|prefix|IncidentArchive}}. [[List of XML and HTML character entity references|HTML entities]] are decoded for this parameter; for example, to insert a space at the end of the prefix, you can use <code>&amp;#32;</code>.<br />
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| links = ''n''<br />
:Specifies the maximum number of links to be used. The default is 7.<br />
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| noredlinks = yes/no<br />
:Normally, the template does not display red links. To display the first red link after the highest archive, you can use {{para|noredlinks|no}}.<br />
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| style {{small|(minor warning)}} / notice {{small|(messages)}}<br />
:These are the same types as used by {{tl|tmbox}} and automatically change the logo and box style. If left undefined, then the logo will default to the archives icon.<br />
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| image = none / <nowiki>[[File:Some image.svg|40px]]</nowiki><br />
| imageright = <nowiki>[[File:Some image.svg|40px]]</nowiki><br />
:Use your own image, or none, as the logo in the navigation bar. Alternatively, you can place an image on the right hand side or have images on both sides.<br />
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| text = alternative message text<br />
:Replaces the header message with your own message.<br />
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| period = date range<br />
:Specifies a date range for the period covered, e.g. {{para|period|March 2006 to April 2007}}. This parameter is free-form, so you can use whatever format you like.<br />
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| style = [[CSS]] box style settings<br />
| textstyle = CSS text style settings<br />
:Formats the box and text in any way you prefer. You may find the guidance at [[MOS:COLORCODING]] helpful.<br />
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==Example==<br />
; Default<br />
{{nowiki template demo|code=<nowiki>{{Automatic archive navigator}}</nowiki>}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Templates for archiving|state=expanded}} <br />
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